About the Authors

Xavier Pochon

xavier.pochon@cawthron.org.nz

Affiliation Environmental Technologies, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand

Nathan J. Bott

Affiliation Aquatic Sciences, South Australian Research and Development Institute, Adelaide, Australia

Kirsty F. Smith

Affiliation Environmental Technologies, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand

Susanna A. Wood

Affiliations Environmental Technologies, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand, School of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XP SAW. Performed the experiments: XP NJB KFS SAW. Analyzed the data: XP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XP NJB SAW. Wrote the paper: XP SAW. Provided access to the pyrosequencer and supplied the reagents: NJB.